General Information

Event name: LV-04-001
Country: LATVIA
Nature of the harmful event:
High Phyto concentration
Event directly affected:
Toxicity detected: No
Associated syndrome:
Unexplained toxicity: No
Species implicated in toxin transmission (transvector):
Report the outcome of a monitoring programme: Yes (Latvian national marine monitoring)
Event occurred before in this location: Yes (detected annually in June, July)
Individuals to contact: LEDAINE, Iveta

Location & Date

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Location: Latitude: 57.060000, Longitude: 23.589722
General location information: Southern part of the Gulf of Riga, Gulf of Riga, Latvia
HAB Area code(s): LV-02
Additional location information: ICES fishing area: 28.
Bloom event dates (yyyy/mm/dd): Start: 2004-06-29,
Quarantine levels dates (yyyy/mm/dd):
Additional date-related information:

Microalgae

Causative organism known: Yes
Causative Species/Genus: Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (170,752 cells/L)
Detected by light microscopy
Co-Ocurring Species/Genus:
Chlorophyll concentration, if known: µg/l
Additional bloom information:
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Environmental Conditions

Weather: Turbidity (NTU): 1.8 Wind direction: SW
Stratified water: Yes Oxygen content (nL/L): 7 Wind velocity: 1.7
Temperature (°C): 15 Oxygen saturation %: 111 Current Direction:
Sechhi disk (m): Salinity: 4.6 Current Velocity: 0
Nutrient information: AMONIUM: 0.3 µM/L
PHOSPHATE: 0 µM/L
SILICATE: 4.5 µM/L
NITRATE + NITRITE: 1.7 µM/L
Temperature Range During Event: Max: °C, Min: °C
Salinity Range During Event:
Bloom location in the water column: Whole column
Growth:
Growth Comments
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Toxin Assay Information

Species containing the toxin Toxin type Toxin details Max. concentration Assay type
Kit used: Type of kit used:
Additional information:
Economic losses:
Management decision:
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Updated at 09:53 on 3 Dec 2019
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